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Hainan aims high on golf identity
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-18 16:01
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HAIKOU - China will try build southmost Hainan Province into one of the world's major golf tourism destinations, an official said Thursday at a seminar of 2010 Boao International Tourism Forum.
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China's golf tourism industry is still in the beginning stage and enjoys huge potential, Du added, addressing an audience of more than 500 entrepreneurs and experts in golf tourism in a conference hall of Mission Hills Hainan, the largest collection of golf courses in the world.
Du's words came after the State Council, the Cabinet, approved a plan to build Hainan into an "international tourism island" in January.
Golf's entry into the Olympics program is considered a huge boost to the development of the game in China and the world at large.
"The biggest grow-the-game opportunity is Olympic golf," said Peter Dawson, secretary of Secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A), the governing body of worldwide golf sport.
